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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10099375 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 19, 2015

Component assembly system and method of assembling a component

Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jianying Shi, Oakland Township, MI (US);

Scott A. McLeod, Windsor, CA;

Assignee:

GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);

Attorney:

Quinn IP Law

Primary Examiner:

Christopher M Koehler

Assistant Examiner:

Mahdi H Nejad

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B62D 65/18 (2006.01); B23K 9/16 (2006.01); B23K 9/32 (2006.01); B23K 37/02 (2006.01); B23K 37/04 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B23K 9/16 (2013.01); B23K 9/32 (2013.01); B23K 37/02 (2013.01); B23K 37/0443 (2013.01); B23P 21/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/0084 (2013.01); B25J 9/1682 (2013.01); B25J 15/0061 (2013.01); B62D 65/026 (2013.01); B62D 65/18 (2013.01); B23K 2201/006 (2013.01); B23K 2201/18 (2013.01); B23P 2700/01 (2013.01); B23P 2700/50 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39129 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40032 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49829 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of assembling a component includes gripping a first subcomponent with a first end-of-arm tool and grasping a second subcomponent with a second end-of-arm tool. The first tool is attached to a first robot arm and the first subcomponent defines a first plurality of locating holes. The second tool is attached to a second robot arm and the second subcomponent defines a second plurality of locating holes. After grasping, the method includes aligning at least one of the first locating holes adjacent to at least one of the second locating holes to set an initial position of the second subcomponent with respect to the first subcomponent without releasing the first and second subcomponents. After aligning, the method includes forming a joint between the first and second subcomponents with a joining tool attached to a joining robot arm to thereby assemble the component. A component assembly system is also disclosed.

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